Electronic Design UPDATE: October 18, 2006

Download the Signal Processing, Analysis and Math Resource Kit to learn how LabVIEW can help make sense out of raw data you need to manipulate, process, and analyze acquired data and extract information. View a tutorial, read a technical white paper, or watch a web presentation to learn about built in alternatives such as graphical dataflow programming and textual MathScript.

Robots will be on the prowl in an undisclosed location in the United States next November as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency presents its Urban Challenge competition. So far, DARPA has chosen 11 teams to participate...

From an economic, environmental, and worldwide political perspective, the U.S. must develop energy independence. To meet this goal, the government is funding research for alternative energy sources. At the same time, it's challenging manufacturers to improve the energy efficiency of electronic products. The Advanced Energy Initiative (AEI) seeks to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy...

Dell and Apple have implemented the largest battery pack recalls in the history of portable computing. Catastrophic safety issues--ranging from underperformance to explosions--with portable battery systems has heightened concern over battery system safety.

Development Kit Speeds Linux Software Applications
ELDK Linux 2.6.x simplifies the creation of Linux software applications for use with the most popular high-performance VME and CompactPCI single-board computers and DSP engines from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing...

\[ Cover Feature: Engineering Feature \]Anticipating "The Big One"
Homeland security is getting most of the attention, but technologies that forecast and track natural disasters are gaining support to help save lives and property.

\[ Technology Report \]Back To Cool School
Faced with faster operating speeds and denser systems, today's designers must expand their knowledge of thermal management to keep heat levels in check.

\[ Leapfrog: First Look \]Back To The Future With The 68K
The venerable Motorola 68000 architecture takes a leap ahead with a unique real-time microcontroller architecture from Innovasic Semiconductor.

\[ Design View/Design Solution \]IP Networks And Emerging Video Aps Need Video Transcoding
Digital video compression is already an important technology in virtually every type of video application. As the trend toward media convergence continues, compression and interoperability will only become more critical. Among the most prominent digital video applications are DVD, HDTV, video telephony/teleconferencing, and, more recently, video surveillance. Each of these consumer system-level technologies, however, has a different historical background.

PIC microcontrollers are one of the mainstays in the 8-bit application space, so getting one up and running quickly can be very handy for an embedded developer. This is just what PIC In Practice does...

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